Controller means for type casting and composing machines.



W'. NICHOLAS & W. ACKERIVIAN. CONTROLLER MEANS FOR TYPE CASTING ANDCOMPIOSING MACHINES.

APPLICATION man JuLY 7. 1914.

5 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Patented Aug. 21,1917.

5 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

Patented Aug. '21,

W. CKERMAN..

"YNG AND COMPOSING MACHINES.

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W. NICHOLAS 6L W. ACKERIVIAN. CONTROLLERK MEANS FOR TYPE CASTING ANDcoMPos|NG MACHINES.v

I APPLICATION FILED IULY 7, I9I4. 1,237,65u l T=I C5 :'4.

Patented Aug. 21, 1911 5 SHEETS-SHEET 4.

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W. NICHOLAS & W. ACKERMAN. CONTROLLER MEANS TOR TYPE CASTING ANDCoMPoslNC MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY, 1914. 1,237,685., Patented Aug. 21, 1917.

5 SHEETS-SHEET 5.

WILLIAM NICHOLAS, OF ySOU'TI-IPOlR/T, CONNECTICUT, AND WILLIAM ACKERMAN,OF

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS TO PREMIER MACHINE COMPANY, A CORPORA-TION OF DELAWARE.

Sp ecifcation of Letters Patent.

Patented A1102 21, 1917.

Application led .Tuly 7, 1914. Serial No. 849,575.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, ILLIAM Nici-lonas, asubject of the King of GreatBritain, residing in the town of Southport, county of Fairfield, andState of Connecticut, and VIL- LIAM AGKERMAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the borough. of Brooklyn, in the county of'Kings andState of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements inController Means for Type Casting. and Composing Machines, fullydescribed and represented in the following specification and theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

Our invention relates to that class of type composing machines in whicha record is made upon a controlling mechanism employed subsequently toset and actuate type producing means, more particularly having referenceto those machines in which separate controller devices are set forcasting individual types and spaces, such as described in our jointPatent No. 964,679, having especial reference to the mechanism employedin introducing and operating the devices which govern the orderlycasting ofthe type composing justified lines. y

An object of our invention is to provide improved means for selectingfrom respective `channels controller devices in the order required forthe justification of the particular line of type to which suchcontrollers relate, both in connection with single and multiplejustification o-f lines of type; and also as a further object to supplyimproved means whereby controller 'devices or selectors may be caused tooperate in proper sequence with reference to each particular line and tosuccessive lines of composition to be cast and set thereon.

Generally described our mechanism comprises an index head, so-called,similar in general form and operation to that described in said patent,wherein a rotating feed mechanism presentssuccessively differentselectors to a mechanism composed of a plurality of electrical contactsoperableby the sepa rate selectors in the order in which they arepresented'by the rotating feed to operate and otherwise control the-typekcasting and setting means.

W'e therefore employ mechanism yfor transferring to said rotating `feedmechanism selectors drawn from either. of `two chan-f nels, namely, thatin which the trip and the character selectors arecontained in the ordernamed, and the justifier channel, so-

two converging sluice-ways or channels in l which as noted the selectorsof different classes are segregated. The escapement mechanism, asdescribed in said patent, by means of connections with feed wheelactuating means, operates thus to precipitate a selector from one or theother of said channels, at each stepped movement of the feed wheel intowhich the selectors are thereby dropped, the selectors themselvescontrolling the se.- lective action ofthe escapement mechanism.Therefore when a selector having its signal features properly placed forthe purpose is carried through the successive stages or operablepositions of the index head mechanism, the selectors rst engage leversto controly the escapement to determine from which channel the neXtsucceeding selector will be drawn, which selector in turn may besimilarly prepared or equipped to return'the escapement to its originalsetting, or otherwise as desired. The selectors having performed thisfirst function are carried by the feed wheel to a further stage in theindex head to control other features of our invention, namely to tripthe justifier camto actuate the justifier setting and correlatedmechanisms, thus having performed the two-fold duties of our improvedmechanisms, the selectors are carried by the feeding mechanism toperform the usual functions connected withk the casting machine as setforth in our said patents.

In the accompanying drawings illustrative of a preferred embodiment ofour invention, Figures 1, 2 and 3 are consecutive partial views of thelower portion of a side elevation of the controller mechanism to whichour present embodiment pertainsg Fig. 4 is a partial front elei'ation insection on line of Fig. 3, showing trip selector:

held by feed wheel; Fig. 5 is a like sectional view of Fig. 3; Figs. 6and 7 are partial front elevations of the parts shown in Figs. 4 and 5.;and Fig. S is al partial side elevation of parts shown in Fig. 3 in amoved position.

Referringto the drawings: Figs. 1, 2 and 3 placed one above 'another inthe order named, the last two turned on their sides, illustrate thelower portion of a type casting machine, similar to that described inour joint Patent No. 964,679, Fig. l, by placing the slide mechanism ofFig. 3 over the corresponding mechanism illustrated in Fig. 2, the slidemechanism in the latter ligure being illustrative of a moved position ofa portion thereof. The above mentioned figures' show a `portion oftheframe v1 of said machine, vhaving suitably supported thereon a drivingshaft 2 upon which are operably attached the several cams employed inoperating themachine. Two of the cams of the casting machine are shownin end view in said Fig. 1, namely, the ratchet actuating cam 4L whichoperates the feed wheel of the index head of the controller mechanism,and the escapement actuyating cam 5 which through its connectionsoperates the double actuating escapement device that feeds the selectorsinto the index wheel.

At theside of the frame 1 of the type setting machine is attached thecontroller device 6 which has two side walls 7 and 8 comprisingy twosimilar plates held in parallel relationship one to the other by meansof cross members distributed in various yparts of the controller', theplate 7 forming the outer wall of the controller. The side plates 7 andS have yupon their inner surfaces tlie channel tracks 15, which formrespectively the character channel 1G and justifier channels 17 on whichtracks 15 are' adapted toy runfthe rolls 21 fixed to the shafts of theselectors 2O near the respective ends thereof,',three slidable collars22, havingv been also provided upon each of said selectors by means ofwhich the usual type casting and setting operations are controlled. Thechannels 16 and 17 follow separate courses from lthe upper portion ofthe controller where the selectors are set by the operation of mechanismcontrolled at the keyboard, which is fully described in our saidpatent`said channels converging at the ybottom ofsaid controller sideplates at a point immediately above the feed device which comprises ateither end thereof a toothed wheel adapted to receive the respectiveends' of the shaft of the selectors as they are precipitated into therecesses provided therein for the purpose. The respective recessedwheels 10 of the feed device are secured to a shaft 9 which has itsbearings in the respective side plates 7 and S, upon which. shaft isalso secured a ratchet wheel 11, into which is adapted to fit thetoothed end of an actuating 'pawl 12 yieldably supported upon an arm 13pivotally mounted upon the feed wheel shaft. The arm 13 is operablyconnected by means of a rod let which is attached at its opposite end toa bell crank lever 23 pivotally mounted upon the sideof the frame 1having the 'ca m roll 21 upon the cam actuating arm 23 thereof. A spring25 coiled about a suitable stud 25L projecting from the side of theframe 1 having one end held byl a pin.l similarlyprojecting from thesurface of the frame, having its other end bearing against a lugsuitably provided upon the short arm 26 ofthe bell lever 23, operates topress the cam arm 23at in the direction of the cam 4t `bringing the roll:211 into contact with the periphery thereof, so that as the cam 4e. isrotated by the driving shaft of the casting machine, it is adapted ateach rotation to rock the cam lever upon its pivotal bearing forwardya-ndfback, thereby. Alifting the rod .11 to operate the ratchet pawl 12.r1`he cam 4t is accordingly constructed so as to carry the ratchet wheelcircumferentially the distance of one tooth for each rotation of thedriving shaft, so that the feed wheel device will continuously presentan unoccupied receiving notch'at the point of delivery of selectors fromthe selector containing channels, which selector receiving point isconveniently termed the zero posi- Vtion of the feed wheel, from whichin the order of progression from said zero position the selector passessuccessively through ,positionsr #1, #2, #tandgtlr (see Fig. S), incertain of which positions occur the signaled actuations `by vtheselectors as they pass `through-the index head mechanism,

are designed to set the escapement mechanism to withdraw the lcharacterselector fromtthe character channel thereof at-each successive rotationof the driving'shaft unless a selector specially prepared for thepurpose operates to the contrary. That is to say, a trip selector mustbe present to set the escapenient mechanism to withdraw the justifierorv other special selector from the so-called justifier channel,whereupon, such justier or other special selector havingI been withdrawnfrom the justifier channel the escapeinent is immediately thrown back tothe normal withdrawalof character and trip selectors.

As already seen, in the matter' of its construction and operation, theselector 20 here employed is the same as described in our said patent,comprising a straight shaftof small diameter having two small rolls 2lnear its ends permanently secured thereto, between which are'the threesliding collars 22, whichv are variously set in accordance with therequirements of the casting machine as has been fully explainedV in oursaid joint patent. The collar upon the trip actuating selector calledthe trip selector is set in the fifteenthV position on the left hand orAindividual sideV of the selector, for the reason, as pointed out in oursaid patent, that none of the other operations of the machine aredesigned to `be operated with a selector collar set inv that particularposition. 'The justifier selector simply employs thev colla-r in thecentral position7 common to all selectors.

The selectors, therefore, necessarily employed in connection with ourpresent invention comprise the trip selector, the `justifier selectorwhich operates in the usual. manner of the` justifier selector of theprevious inventions, and incidentally the character selectors whichfollow the justifier selector in the usual order. Lines made up of suchse'- lectors require that the trip selector be first fed into the indexhead to be followed immediately by the justifierfselector, or otherspecial selectors as the exigencies offeach case may require, and thenthe usual character selectors follow. It is not'possible, however, ashas been pointed out in our `said patent, to prepare theselectors insuch consecutive order for the reason that the character selectors mustnecessarily be prepared before the justifier selector could bevprepared, due to the fact that the, justification cannot be ascertaineduntil it is known what characters have been selected to make up theline. Therefore it has been the practice to turn the character selectorsinto one channel and the justifier selectors and other specialselectorswhich are required to precede the character selectors, such asline canceling, and the multiple justification selectors, into adifferent channel which are conducted to the common point of deliveryinto the feed wheel of the index machine as above described, where therespective'character'and justifier selectors may be used in the orderrequired, that is, so that the justifier selectoi- .may be introducedlinto the index head yin advance of the characters composing the line towhich that justifying selector relates. For that specific purpose,namely for changing the escapement mechanism in the manner indicated, atrip selector is each time inserted in the character channelbefore thecharacter selectors so that when the. tripselector reaches the indexhead, itwill automatically close 'the channel. immediately afd out.

ter it has passed therefrom, preventing the character selectors fromfalling, at the same time the trip selector' being employedautomatically to open the justifier channel so that the justifierselector will be the next one to enter the feeding mechanism of. theindex head. The escapement mechanism being set to this end and remainingin such position until the justifier selector is introduced into itschannel, if one is not immediately ready. ltlhen a justifier selectorenters the feed wheel, whether immediately or eventually and passes intothe mechanism of the index head, that selector in turn throws theescapement mechanism back into its normal position to permit characterselectors being fed into the index head, simultaneously closing thejustifier channel to prevent other justifier' selectors from enteringthe feed wheeluntil the next succeeding trip selector leading its columnof character selectors is carried into the feed wheel, whereupon thejustifier channel is again opened" by action of a trip selector as abovepointed l shall now describe more in detail the operation of themechanism whereby this end is attained.

` The escapement mechanism having been fully described in detail in oursaid patent, will be here referred to with regard only to its moregeneral features, of which it `comprises a depending device havingsimilar members 3l which are fixedly attached to a shaft extendingthrough the controller walls loosely mounted therein, the said member-s3l being adapted to swing freely upon said shaft alongsidev the outerwalls of the respective plates 7 and 8 accordingly. Each of said membersis bifurcated, that'is, has two downwardlyextending arms 32 withinturned offsetv portion 33 extending through circular slots suitablydisposed in said controller walls 7 and 8. The arms 32 are so designedthat they present offset portions 33 at both sides of one or theother'of said channels 16 and 17 so that'vvhen in position to interceptthe selectors in one of the channels, the other is open tothe passage ofselectors therefrom', and vice versa. The'oif set portions 33 havepointed' projections 34 at their inner ends, which when said portionsare thrust across the respective'channels from the rear sides thereof,they will enter between the shafts of the two bottom selectors Q0 in thechannel to which they relate,`and as they.: are carried forward theywill push `the lowermost selector therefrom into'a central positionimmediately over the feed wheel 10 in the Zero position above'referredto, whence it drops into the similar and oppositely disposed receivingrecesses of the feed wheels 10. 'While the corresponding members y33 arethus pushing the lowermost selector into the index wheel.. it is holdingupon its upper surface 35 these lector immediately above the vone thathas vbeen 4thus ejected, and will in this manner support thel column ofselectors in the re-v spective channels containing the same until `theyreturn motion'of the escapement member, withdrawing the same beyond theshaft of the selector, whereupon the column of'selectors drops bringinganother selector into position to be contacted by the forward ends ofthe members 33 to beejected thereby in the manner described. `But on theother hand, if after ejecting a justifier selector, for-example, theescapement action is reversed the'top surface 35 having been prolongedsufhciently for the purposel will continue to support the selectors inthe justifier channel while the selectors are being ejected from-theother channel, namely, the character channel. The escapement mechanismhas, therefore, been so vdesigned that when the correspondingarms 32 ofthe two memy bers 31 are operating-to eject a selector from one'of thechannels, the 'upperl surface 35 of vthe opposite pair of-escapementmembers is reciprocating beneath the column of selectors in'lthe otherchannel.

Jing shaft thereof, are twofstuds 36, 36a which rest in a horizontalline whenv the escapement member is in itslnormal position, c'. 6.,.vneutral with reference to two vchannels 16 and 17. vBetween the studs36,- 36a is a block 37'at `the end'of a rod 38 having'at its two v sidessemicircular notches 39, 39a, each of which is adapted to receive withinits concave recess a stud 36 upon the member 31 'whenat lthe properleveland thrust in the direction thereof, fthe escapement member 31being in its normal vertical, or neutral position. We will next describethe means by which the vblock is shifted fromxone to the other of saidstuds.

rPhe rod 38 is'pivotally suspended from one end ofthe arm 40 which ispinned vto a shaft 42 which extends through the controller to the innerwall 8, and has pinned thereon at its otherendl the longer arm 43. Theshort'arm 40 is `rocked on its shaft by `means yof the rod 14 which ashas been seen operates the rlever upon which is the actuating pawl ofthefeed wheel by means "of a transversely slotted block 41 upon said rodinto the'wslotted bearings of which the rounded end lof the `long arm 43of said lever 40 is adapted tolit loosely. Hence, when the `block y37-isin engagement with one or the other of the studs 36, the escapementdevice 30 will be swung either to the one side or the other, dependentupon 'to vwhich of said studs the block 31 is attached, when the rod ateach rotation of the line shaft is elevated into eitherr the positionshown in Fig. A3, or tilted oppositely as in Fig. 8.

vThe mechanism for shifting the block 37 from one to the other of saidstuds 36, vto control the direction of the movement of the escapement`members 31,v comprises a horizontally moving slide 45 whichl issuitably supported in brackets 46 upon-fthe wall ofthe controller,havingatits end=the bearing47l in which the rod 38v is adapted Atoslide, the rod being heldin said bearing by means of the cap thereon.Upon the side ofthe `horizontal slide 45 are pivotally secured twofingers 48 and 49, which have their free ends 50 oppositely disposedbetween abutting surfaces 'of which extends the suspended lever 55, thatis pivotally mounted upon' a studv extendingfrom the outer wall 7 of thecontroller and is adapted to'bealternately swung in the direction of theends 50 of said lingers 48 and 49. The end of the lever '55 will-passover the' tops of said fingers freely when they are in the positionshown in Fig. 3, but is adapted to impinge against the end of either theone or the other vwhen it has been lifted into the position of the1inger`48 as shown in Fig. 2. The lever 55 has a short lever arm 56,which is operably connected to a rod 57 that is pivotally suspendedfromthe short endy of a` cam lever 58 suitably mounted upon a stud 'uponthe frame of `the type casting machine, beingI operably held by a springwith its roll 594 resting upon vthe periphery of the cam 5 upon thedriving shaft 2. Hence as the' cam 5 is sovarranged and positioned onthe shaft 2 that on eachrotation thereof it will cause to reciprocatethe bar 45 in both directions while the rod 38 is in itslowermostposition, the rod`38 through its connections as described being alsooperated by a camA on the main 'driving shaft 2. It has been seen that'the two studs 36 and 36a are opposite the notches 39 and 392Lcorresponding thereto when the rod 38 is thus in its low position, sothat when one or theA other of the fingers 48 and 49 shall 'have beenelevated into the 'path of the swinging end of the lever 55, thebloelr'37 will accordingly be carried into engaging 'relationship withoneorthe otherof said studs, and thereupon `the rod'38 willimmediatelyplift the block `and 49 or either of them, comprises twovertical rods 65, which are lsuitably mounted in sliding bearings inbrackets 66 upon the outerl wall -7 of the controller, having theirupper ends terminating immediately below the feed wheel l0 as the samepasses from.

the under surface 5l` of said fingers, respectively, which rods whenelevated, as shown in Fig. 2 relative to finger48, raisethecorresponding fingers into a horizontal position.

upon the slide 45, said fingers 48 and 49 held in operable position onsaid horizontal slides by laterally guiding brackets 52, which fin-`gers have at their respective bottoms the stop surfaces 53 against whichthe fingers are normally pressed by action of their own springs 54. Therespective rods 65 are ele-l vated at t-he time'required bymeans of thelevers 70 and 7ly suitably mounted in the index head mechanism in themanner presently to be described, the broadened ends 72 thereof seelTiO'. 5 being ada ated to con.-

tact the bottom of, the respective rods The bentlevers 70 and 71 alsohave two actuating or contacting fingers 74 and 76 (see Figa 3 and 5),similar in form but differently located, being held in position to becontacted in turn by the selectors as lthey are carried through theirrespective positions by the feed wheel l0.

The outer or shorter arm 71fis pinned to its shaft 73 which is looselysupported in bearings, one of which is provided in the wall 8' of thecontroller, and having its other bearing in the sleeve 'which issimilarly supd ported in the outer controller wall 7. The

shaft of the lever 7l is suitably disposed in operable parallelarrangement with the feed wheel 10, said levers being .attached to theouter extension of said shaft 7 3, uponwhich is also rigidly attachedthe controller contacting finger 74, in sucha position that itwill-contact the collar 22 of a selector 2O when the latter is in the15th individual position of the trip selector, while resting in the zerointo the 1st position abovei described. 4 f

Loosely mounted upon the shaft 73' of the lever 71 is the sleeve 7 5 asseen tol which is secured the longer or inner arm. 70 which sleeve is inturn j ournaled iii-suitable .bearings in the outer wall 7 of thecontroller, as

already pointed out. The sleeve 75 has upon its opposite end a selectorcontacting'finger, `76`similar to the finger 74 above referred to,adapted to engage the collary on a justifier selector 20 while beingcarried into the first position of. the feed Wheel in the i mannerdescribed in connection vwith said fingerf74, but the finger 76 beingplaced in a position to be contacted by a collar 22 when in the centralportion of the selector, which, in the machines to which. our vmechanismappliesis only slightly movedl on =the shaft' of the selector for thepurposes of the type casting machine,and therefore the finger 7 6 isgiven sufficient width to contact. this colla-rYA in whichever positionit may occupy; so .that

all selectors that pass through the index head will contact the nger 7 6of the lever as they pass into position l, whereas the contact finger 74of the lever`71 will only be engaged by a collar that hasbeen especiallyset in the 15th individual position for that specific purpose.

Hence, when other than a trip selector,

gagement with the swinging end of thearni 55, so that the horizontalslide 45 will be thrown' in thedirection to carry theblock 37 on the rod38 into contact with the stud 3G on the escapeinent and that membervwill be carried tothe position shown in F ig. 43,

when it will be in position to deliver character selectorsifrom the.character channel 16. Should the selector thus carried into position lof the feed wheel, however, have a collar` in the 15th individual ortrip position, the eo-ntact finger 74 will be engaged thereby, andtheshorter or outer lever 71 will now be. elevated and through itscorrespending rod 65'will lift the finger 49 into engagement with thelever 55 in the same manner as described with reference to the otherfinger 48, so that the horizontal slide 45 will thereupon be carriedinto the opposite direction so as tol bring the notch 39l of the block37'into engagement with the stud 36a, with theresult Lthat when the rod38 is elevated the escapement device will, be thrown into position showninFig. 8 ready to eject the justiiier. selector at the return ordownwardstroke ofthe rod 38. inasmuch as the fingers 48 and 49 areforcedk by ytheir springs downwardly upon the rods 65 until,

they come against corresponding stops pro,- videdfintheguards 52, theiingerswill immediately fall vintothe positions shownfin,

Fig. 3 upon the selector passing out of the lfirst into the secondposition of the index wheel; consequently. [the movement of the lever 55havingbeen synchronized with the downward motion of the rod 38, so thatthe horizontal slide 45 reciprocates only when the rod 38 yisinitslowermost position, the

block 37 may be shifted vback and forth in both contact fingers 74 and76 are engaged by trip selector, that the ,trip collar en-y.

gaging finger yshould control finally and' therefore the movement of therod A38 must be so timed that Ait will lift theeseapement finger whenthe rod 55 is in proper position to carry the block 37 into engagementwith), the stud 36, and accordingly both fingers'A 48 and49 .beingthnselevated,by; thetrip selector, the result will be that the slide 45 willbezleft inthe sameposition as if the finger. 49v only had. beenelevated. But in the case of all other selectorsbeing brought intoposition 1 by the feed wheel, only the ystop finger 48 willpbe lifted sothat the swinging lever 55 will carry the slide 45 in the direction ofsaid linger 48, whereby operable engagement Vis made withrthe stud 36 ofthe escapement device and the slide 45 is left therefore in suchposition indefinitely or until another trip selector entersthe feedwheel to reversethe relativeposition of said parts, in order to selectajustifier controller which in turn, as above pointed out, again restoresAthe parts to lthe characterside or normal status of the escapement. Y

Asoperated inqconnection with our present invention, the feedwheelcarries theselector .from posit-ion 1 in whiclrthey haveoperatedthe escapement device ,as in the manner. described into position4` without further affecting the mechanism. But in be-l l which stud isthe second or interponentI trip actuating lever 90, thev functionofwhich will presently be explained. Thetrip actuating.y lever 8O isadapted to contact. a .pin 8lavp'rojecting laterally fromv thelower armof the fulcrum lever 81, which has a hammerY head 82 at its .upper end.This lever81 whichmay be termed the hammerlever, is normally heldby'means of a-spring against the stop 83 on the-bracket 85 which extendsoutwardly from said innerwall 8 and upon which said lever 81 ispivotally mounted and will be rocked, upon its fulcrum support away fromsaid stop, each time a selector of any kind passes into position '4 ofthe index head through theaction of the selector collar upon the shortsliding rod 79, and

will ybe thus actuated idly except when another lever 91 also looselymounted upon the bracket 85 immediately in front of said -lhammer lever81 is interposed )between the hammer 82 and a horizontally sliding rod95-to actuate the tri o mechanism of the justifier cam as will 1b morein detail. The meansprovided wherelby the hammer lever 81 contacts thetrip interponent'lever 91 is peculiarly adaptedto the specific functionthereof comprising the features next to be described.

vThe interponent trip lever 91 is held by e presently described.

spring actionl against a stop 922L ony the bracket 85 1n substantiallythe same manner as the lever 81 is held against the stop there l of, `sothat the two levers are held in definite operable relation one to theother. vThe lever 91 has upon its upper arm a spring yielding member 92,having the coil spring 93 engaging. a stop on the side thereof by meansof whichr its outer end is held against thev top surface of the hammerhead 82 of the lever 81, the lever 91fbeing held `against its stop 92ain the bracket 85 by means ofa spring in such position that the-member92 will normally rest uponthe top of the hammer head 82,. but notlengaged, thereby as they hammer head 82 is carried forward in theymanner described. However, upon carrying the lever 91 away fromits stop92,a slight distance in advance of the lever 81, the yielding ymember 92by action of.its spring will drop into engagement. with the end of thehammer 82,. whereupon the lever 91 will be carriedforward by action ofthe lever 81 to the extent of impinging against the'outer end of thehorizontal rod 95 which in a manner presently to be explained operatesto connect they parts shown byvmeans of 'which the trip is operated tothrow the justifier cam into engagement with the driving shaft of thetype castingmachine.

rlhe means by which the lever 91 is thrown into such engagingrelationship,l with the hammer lever 81 comprises` the v lever 90 whichmay .be termed thesecondary grip actuating lever which it has been seenis mounted upon the same bearingas the first griplever l8O abovedescribed, whichjhas the contacting arm 94,cnormally held in position tobe-contacted by a tripcollar whenin its, 15th` or trip position onv theselector asv shown.

in F 6, so that as the trip selector is carried into position-5 ofthefeed wheel, it will cause the lever 90 to rock upon its pivotal.

bearing until itsupper end strikes a pin 91a projecting from the lowerarmof the interponent lever 91, thereby tippingthelever 91 sufficientlyto permit the yielding member 92.-to drop in front of the hammer ,82 inthev manner4 above described, in which position,

theglever 91 will remainuntil acted upon by. the hammer lever to forceit against the hori- Zontal trip actuating*`A rod 95 4to connectfthejustifier cam to the driving shaft 4as described. The selector thusactuatinglthe hammer lever 81` may be any vselectorwhat-v soever for thereason that the lever 90 yis operated by the collars which of course-are common to all selectors. i

If it should happen that a trip selector should enter into position 5simultaneously -with another selector being carried into position No. 4,so that both levers and 90 are lactuated at the same time, it isprovided that the arm of the lever 91 which'vhas the* yielding member 92be' given greater throw f thanV the corresponding hammer arm of thelever 81; and furthermore the opposite arms of the said levers 81 and 91are likewise of different operable lengths, that of the lever 91 beingslightly shorter than the corresponding lower arm of the lever 81, sothat the top of the lever 91 will travel faster than the hammer end ofthe other lever with thev result that the yielding member vwill bedragged off from the top of the hammer end 82 falling into the paththereof by action of its spring before the lever 91 reaches the end ofthe horizontal rod 95, and hence this rod will be operated in such casein the same manner as if the lever 91 were first operated and then thehammer lever 81 brought against it, as in the rst mentioned order ofoperation.

The horizontal rod 95 is suitably supported in brackets 96 on the sidewall of the controller, and is adapted to` slide longitudinally therein,one end vof which as seen is adapted to be vcontacted by the end of thelever 91 by means of which the proper connections are made foroperatingthe trip mechanism which starts the justifier cam to perform itsoperations in accordance with the prearrangement ofthe selectorsdesigned to control the operation thereof.

The justifier cam it is understoody performs as its primary duty thefunction of setting the justifier parts at the commencement of thecasting of each line of type. This operation thus occurring before thecharacter type are cast must be controlled by a justifier selector thatprecedes the selectors which control the casting of the character type.inasmuch as each justifier selector is withdrawn from a separatemagazine channel by operation of a trip selector, such trip selectormust necessarily precede both the justifying and character selector intheir entrance into and passage through the index head. Consequently,when the trip selector is carried into position No. 5 by the feed wheelit places the interponent lever 91 into the proper initial relationshipto start up the justifier cam but does not actually eect the tripping ofthe cam of its own motion for the reason that the justifier selector forthat particular line may not yet have been set. Hence the characterselectors are held in abeyance until their justifying selector comesinto position to be deposited into thel feed wheel, whereupon thecharacter types are immediately released and follow the justifierselector into the feed wheel, the first of which, the justifierselector, as has been explained, upon reaching the position No. 4L ofthe index feed wheel, contacts the arm of Vthe xso-called first tripactuating lever 80 which in turn actuates the hammer lever 81 to impingeupon the interposed trip lever 91.

The lever 91, as already pointed out, having been previously set by thetrip selector entering position #5, to trip the cam when struck by thehammer lever 81, the said lever 91 is therefore in readiness to beactuated by the justifier selectorl to'trip the justifier cam in themanner described as soon as the justifier selector is carried by thefeed wheel to position #4 therein.

'The mechanism employed for thus trip-v ping the cam 3 to which all thecorrelated acts of setting the justifier parts pertain yhave been fullyexplained in our said joint patents, and will therefore not be againdetailedin this connection, except to point out that a spring actuatedclutching arm 96L on the ljustifier cams is normally held out ofengagement with a coacting clutch member on the main shaft (not shown)by means of a fulcrum lever 97 pivotally supported upon a studconveniently projected from vthe frame of the machine.v The lever 97,

arm 97 thus out of contact with the arm 96a.

a short arm 98 extends from the hub of the lever from which is operablysuspended the rod v99, which is attached at its lower end to a fulcrumlever 100, pivotally supported upon a stud 101 upon the inner wall 8 ofthe cont-roller. Pivotally mounted upon the other end of the lever k100is an upright member 102 having a hooked end 103 which is adapted to beengaged by a correspondingly formed catch 104 on the short arm 56 of theswinging lever 55. The lever 55 it has been seen is operatedcontinuously by the cam 5 on the driving shaft, and is therefore inproper timing therewith relatively to the step by step rotation of thefeed mechanism to operate in conjunction therewith, for the purpose ofconnecting the justifier to the driving shaft. Consequently byconnecting the hooked member 102 with the arm 56 at the time thejustifier selector has been fed into the position #4 the tripping ofthey justifier cam will occur at the proper point to effect the settingof the justifier parts. Hence we have provided the horizontal rod 95above referred to, which, when contacted by the interponent lever 91will be caused to press the hooked member 102 to engage the catch 104 onthe lever arm 56 when the latteris in its lowermost position, as shownin Fig. 2, so that as the latter is again carried upwardly when the cam5 rotates, the trip rod 99 will be drawn down to vibrate the lever arm98 to release the clutcharm 96, thereby starting the j ustiiier cam uponits rotation.

Having describedy our invention, whatwe claim is:

l. In a record controlledy type castingran composing machine of theclass described, having selector devices for controlling the castingoperations and differently prepared selectors for controllingthejustifier setting mechanisms, the latter selectorscomprising ajustifier' selector for controlling the justifier-settingmechanisimtripselector for cony trolling the justifier selector, magazinechan-A nelsfor said selectors,- justier selectors in one channel and. thecharacter. and trip selectors in a diiierent channel; an index head andmeans for feeding said `selectors from said channels thereinto; andmechanically operated means for closing` .said character channel andopening the j ustiiier. chan-4 nel upon a trip selector being fed intosaid index head, saidineans comprisingalevers controlled by saidselectors for variously setting the escapeinent mechanism andi otherlevers set by said selectors .for controlling` the justifier settingmechanism.

2. In a record controlled type casting and composing'machine of theclass described,

'having selector' devices for controlling the.

zine channels orsaid'selector justiiier se'-k lectors in one channel andthe character and trip selectors in a differentv channel; an index headand meansfor feeding said selectors from said channels thereinto'; andmechanical means for closing said justifier channel and opening saidcharacter channel when said justiiier selector is fed into said indexhead, comprising levers for adjusting the escapeinent mechanism andother levers sot by said selectors for controlling tho justifiersetting` mechanism.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hands in thepresence'fofl two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM' NICHOLAS; WILLIAM ACKERMAN.

lVitnesses:

` EDii'i-i ENNissoN,

JAMES yEvNIssoN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I).y C.

